Chapter Four
The next morning Tracy woke up for school. She took a shower got dressed in a red skirt white buttoned blouse and sprayed a ton of hairspray in her hair. Then she grabbed her knap sack and left her room.
She walked into the kitchen where her parents were sitting at the table.
"I can't believe Corny was shot" said Edna as she watched her daughter sit down.
"Yeah me either. I would never do something like that to someone" said Tracy.
"I know you wouldn't honey but there are people out there that will do anything to get what they want" said Wilbur.
"Really? But why would they want to try to kill someone?" asked Tracy.
"some people are just like that Tracy. They just don't like others and in their mind they just want to get rid of them" said Edna. "Theres good people out there and there are bad. Our world is made up of many different kinds of people. It's the way we choose to live our lives Is what matters."
"Your right Mama" said Tracy.
"I'm always right" said Edna with a smile.
"Not always right hon" said Wilbur as he sipped his coffee. Edna gave him a look.
"well maybe not all the time but majority now Tracy I'm sure Link will be here soon to take you to school. Now finish your breakfast" Edna said and she got up from the table and took care of her dishes. Tracy ate her breakfast, took care of her dishes and then grabbed her knap sack just as the doorbell rang.
Wilbur got up from his chair and answered the door.
"Well Good morning Mr. Larkin" said Wilbur
"Good morning to you to sir. Is Tracy ready yet?" asked Link.
"Yes I am Link" Tracy said as she joined them.
"Awesome. We will see you later Mr. Turnblad" said Link.
Tracy kissed her dad on the cheek "Yeah see you later Daddy. Love you" said Tracy.
"Love you too. Have a good day at school" said Wilbur. Tracy and Link walked over to Link's car and he opened the passenger door for her. She got in and got her seatbelt on. Link got in on the drivers side beside her and got his seatbelt on. Then he started up his car and drove onto the road away from the Turnblad home.
"Did you have a good sleep hon?" asked Link.
"Yes" said Tracy. "I had a freaky dream though."
"Really? What was it about?" asked Link curiously.
"I was in the school walking around and then next thing I know my hands get tied behind my back by some man dressed in black and then I looked up to see Velma Von Tussle" Tracy told him.
"Did she kidnap you in the dream?" asked Link.
"Kind of I guess that's what you can call it. Anyways it was freaky and I just got this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that maybe she had something to do with Corny getting shot" said Tracy.
"Now how could she have anything to do with that? She's in jail Trace" said Link.
"I know. But this feeling feels like it's the truth."
"Tracy, Velma is in jail. She couldn't have done it. You know that" said Link.
"But Link what if Velma escaped jail? What if she is running loose and really did have something to do with this. Like the whole thing with the Miss Teenage Hairspray pageant? She tried making sure I wouldn't get in. we proved her wrong though but I still think she had something to do with this" Tracy said.
"Okay you have a good point. But still I'm sure Velma isn't out to get you and she probably didn't have anything to do with this. But if you think she did then maybe. Then again nobody knows. Nobody has any proof" Link told her.
"I guess your right" sighed Tracy. They got to school and parked the car in the parking lot.
They got out and Link grabbed Tracy's hand and interlocked their fingers. "Please sweetie don't worry about Velma Von Tussle anymore ok? I'm sure once they find out who tried to kill Corny then this thing will all blow over" said Link.
"Okay I'll stop worrying about it" said Tracy.
"Good" said Link. He walked her over to the side of the school and Tracy leaned back against the wall. Link stood in front of her.
"Now I can think of something we can do before we have to go in" said Link with a smile.
Tracy grinned back before she wrapped her arms around the base of Link's neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist before he leaned down and kissed her on the lips. She kissed him back happily to engulf herself in his love.
Meanwhile Amber watched on from a couple feet away with a disgusted look on her face.
Brad joined her. "What are you watching?" asked Brad.
"Ugh a disgusting show that should never be happening. You know if my mom was still around and not in jail she'd do something about that" said Amber as she pointed to Link and Tracy making out. "And that 2." She pointed over to where Seaweed and Penny just got to the school and were holding hands.
"What could your mother do?"
"I don't know but she's capable of doing a lot of things so I'm sure she would find a way" said Amber.
"Okay then. Well what about that guy who shot Corny?" asked Brad.
"What about him?" asked Amber.
"Well wouldn't it be weird if your mom had something to do with that?"
"No it would be a good thing Brad. We don't need Corny Collins. We need the show to go back to way things were" said Amber. "But that will never happen."
"yeah" said Brad. The bell rang above their heads and Amber and Brad, along with the other students, all walked inside the school.